Garment supporter



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HOLGER V. CLAU SEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GAB IJIENT SUFPORTER.

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Application filed. March 30, 1921.

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Be it known that 1, Homer: V. CLAUSEN, a citizen of Denmark, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved GarmentSupporter, of which the following is a description.

My invention while adapted to be embodied in other garment supportingdevices, is more particularly intended for embodiment in a garter orhose supporter.

The present invention is designed especially as an improvementin thegarment supporter forming the subject matter of an application filed byme January 19, 1921, Serial Number 4538,4136.

The general object of the invention is to )rovide a novel springconnection for the band to serve the purpose of elastic webbing. Morespecifically, the invention has for an object to provide a practicalembodiment of the spring connection reflecting important considerationwith respect to efficiency and facility with which the hand may beconnected with or disconnected from the spring, as well as to preventthe spring from result ing in discomfort to the wearer.

The present invention has particularly in view to improve the characterof the spring means and to establish a novel relation between the shieldspring and band ends.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, it being understood that the drawings are merelyillustrative of practical eX- amples of the invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a garment supporterembodying my invention, part of the shield being broken away;

Figure 2 is an enlarged transverse vertical section as indicated by theline 2 2, Fig-- ure 1;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section on the line 33. Figure 1;

Figure 1- is a front view of the shield and its immediate appurtenanceson the scale of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 1 but illustrating another form ofthe invention.

In embodying my invention in garter, a band 10 is provided of suitablewebbing which may be. and preferably is, non-elastic. On one end of theband is provided any suitable clasp 11, here shown as an eye formedintegral with a metallic loop 12 over which Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented May 16, 1922.

Serial No. 456,927.

the webbing is returned and adjustably secured by any suitable buckle18. The clasp element 11 is adapted to be engaged by a. co-actingfastener element 1 1 preferably a round head. which is secured to orformed upon the adjacent terminal of a spring 16 within the shield 17 ofthe garter. The spring 16 in the form shown in Figures 1 to 3 is aflexible coil spring constituting a light flexible cable which is bentbodily to present back and forth runs in a vertical plane within theshield 1'7, the spring running over a central guide'element 18 at thetop, the bends running below over two similar guide elements 18 hereshown as rigid protuberant members stamped up from the material of theshield. The invention has for an important purpose to provide a shieldformed celluloid or like material. In the form of the invention shown inFigures 1 to 1, that end of the band or strip 10 opposite the detachablefastcncr element 11 is secured as follows: A slot 21 is formed in thefront of the shield 17 oblique to the medial line of the shield and thematerial of the strip or band 10 is secured to a metallic loop 20, theends of which are twisted as at 19 and pass rearwardly through the slots21 to the interior of the shield where it is suitably made fast to theadjacent terminal. of the coil spring 16. The connection with theopposite end of the band through the medium of the co-acting fastenerelements 11 and 1 1 is advantageously at the exterior of the shield forwhich purpose the adjacent end of the spring 16 has the element 11fastened thereto to project forwardly beyond the face of the shield 17through a slot 22 in the front of the shield oblique to the media] linethereof, the slots 21 and 22 being in planes flaring upwardly. Theelement 141: is sufficiently protuberant for the ready engagcmentordisengagement of said element and the element 11. 'ith the elements 11and 14 engaged the spring 16 will maintain the band 10 under tension tohold the device in position when worn.

The numeral 23 indicates a hose-engaging device of known form, the samebeing here shown as suspended by a short length of fabric 23" from theslotted lower end 17 of the back of the shield. 17, said slotted endextending below the front of the shield.

The described construction results in resiliency in the connectionbetween the hoseengaging device 23 through the medium of the shield 17with the loops or bends of the spring 16, so that the connection withthe garment is a resilient one in addition to the resilient connectionbetween the band ends and the spring, the whole making; for a threepointresilient attachment of the device. In response to the strains the bandmay yield, its terminal elements 11 and 20 being free to have movementrelatively to each other on the oblique lines detern'iined by the slots21, 22.

In the form shown in Figure 5 the band 10 carries at one end thedescribed element 11 detachably cngageable with a stud 14* on the upperend of a lever 24, said lever being one of a pair, a companion lever 25beinc; provided having its broadened end 25 slotted or looped forconnection with the opposite end of the band. Said levers are pivoted attheir lower ends as at 26 to the shield 17*, the lower portion of thelevers being housed within the shield. The front of the shield extends asutlicient height to house a spring; 16 which is in the form of a bowedspring disposed within the shield in the plane thereof and having itsterminal ends uppermost and directed laterally inward toward each otherand toward the medial line of the shield to engage in notches at theouter side edges of the levers 24, 25 as indicated at 16 The back 17 ofthe shield extends upwardly beyond the front of the shield exposing theupper ends of the levers 24, 25,- for the convenient connection of theband ends with said levers. A. stud or stop 27 is disposed between theback and front of the shield at the medial line to limit the movement ofthe levers in a direction toward each other, whereby to center thelevers. The character 1? indicates the projecting slotted lower end ofthe back 17 corresponding with the member 17.

The described device may be used as a hose supporter and also as asleeve supporter, the element 23 being omitted from the sleevesupporter.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated examplesconstitute practical embodiment of my invention, 1 do not limit myselfstrictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since manifestlythe same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit ofthe invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:-

1. A, garment supporter of the class described, including a shieldhaving slots at opposite sides of the medial line of the shield andoblique thereto, a spring within the shield, a band, and connecting;means between the band ends and said spring, said means extendingthrough said slots and movable therein to subject the band to thetension of the spring.

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scribed, including a shield of stiff material having means at its lowerend to clasp a garment, a spring housed within said shield, a ban d, andfastener means for the ends of the band, said fastener means beingsubject to the tension of said spring.

1. A garment supporter of the class described, including a shield, meanson the shield forming a housing, eans on the shield at its lower endbelow said housing to clasp a garment, a spring in said housing, a band,and a fastening means at the front of the shield for the ends of theband, said fastening means being subject to the tension of said spring.

5. A garment supporter of the class de scribed, including a shield ofstiff material, a coil springwithin said shield bent on itself topresent loops at opposite sides of the medial line of the shield, aguide within the shield over which the central bend of the spring runs,guides in the shield below the first-mentioned guide and at oppositesides of the medial line, a band, and means connecting the ends of theband with the ends of the spring, one of said means effecting adetachable connection between the spring and the adjacent end of theband.

6. A garment supporter of the class described includinp; a shield, adistensible coil spring held to the shield, said spring being bentbodily to form runs at opposite sides, and means to connect the springwith a supporting; member, said spring being held between said runsbelow the connection with said member.

7. A garment supporter including a shield provided with means to clasp agarment, a

distensible coil spring secured in said shield, a band, and fasteningmeans for the band ends, and including means connecting one end oftheband with said spring at the front of the shield to be subject to thetension of said sprinv.

8. A garment supporter including-a shield provided with means to clasp agarment, a distensible laterally flexible coil spring secured in saidshield. guide means in the shield. over which said spring; may run, aband, and fastening means for the band ends, the connection of the bandat one end beingwith the spring to be subject to the tension of thespring and said connection between the spring and band being at thefront of the shield.

HOLGER V. CLAUSEN.

